يَا طِيبَ شُرْبي بِأَوْقَاتِ الأَصِيلِ وَقَدْ

يَا طِيبَ شُرْبي بِأَوْقَاتِ الأَصِيلِ وَقَدْ

تَداولَ الشَّرْبُ أَقْداحاً فَأَقْداحَا

تَداولَ الشَّرْبُ أَقْداحاً فَأَقْداحَا

Oh, how sweet my drinking in the late-afternoon hours, when

O my sweet drink in the late night hours when

the drinkers had passed around cup after cup!

The drinking passed from cup to cup.

شَرِبْتُها وَكَأَنَّ الغَرْبَ نَادَمني

شَرِبْتُها وَكَأَنَّ الغَرْبَ نَادَمني

فَبَات يَشْرَبُ شَمْساً تُشْبِهُ الرَّاحا

فَبَات يَشْرَبُ شَمْساً تُشْبِهُ الرَّاحا

I drank it, as though the West were my drinking companion;

I drank them as if the west reproached me

so he spent the night drinking a sun that resembled wine.

And stayed up drinking a sun resembling the winds.

ثُمَّ اصْطبْحنا فَدَرّتْ مِن أَبَارِقِها

ثُمَّ اصْطبْحنا فَدَرّتْ مِن أَبَارِقِها

والشَّمْسُ مِن شَرْقِها فارْتَحْتُ وارْتَاحَا

والشَّمْسُ مِن شَرْقِها فارْتَحْتُ وارْتَاحَا

Then we drank at dawn: wine streamed from its ewers,

Then we greeted the morning, and there poured from its lightnings,

and the sun from its east; I rejoiced, and so did he.

While the sun rose in the east, so I rested and took comfort.